Airship Industries
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Airship Industries was a British manufacturers of modern non-rigid airships (blimps) active under that name from 1980 to 1990 and controlled for part of that time by Alan Bond. The first company, Aerospace Developments, was founded in 1970, and a successor,[1] Hybrid Air Vehicles, remains active as of 2022[update]. Airship Industries itself was active between 1980 and 1990.
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Company type | Public company |
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Industry | Aircraft manufacture (airships) |
Predecessor | Airship Developments |
Founded | 1980 |
Founder | Roger Munk, John Wood |
Defunct | 1990 |
Successor | Hybrid Air Vehicles |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Skyship 500, Skyship 600 |
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In addition to the manufacture of non-rigid airships, several of the companies were involved in abortive proposals for many other non-rigid and rigid types. The historic airship facilities at Cardington, Bedfordshire (formerly the Royal Airship Works and RAF Cardington), were used as a base for the firm's test flying and an assembly site for some of its airships.